Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Some cutters view a chainsaw as though it were a cuttoff saw. In actuality, it is a precision cutting tool. We don't see butchers letting their knifes become dull and we don't see surgeons using scalpels as though it were a rocked out steak knife.
It is sacreligious to take a file or grinder to a bar, rather use a palm sander on a regular basis and it will last you a long time.
If a 1.3 mil bar cuts crooked it may be so worn that a 1.5 mil chain will fit, just as a 1.5 mil worn bar may take a 1.6 mil chain.
Learning to file and abhoring dirt and abrasive matter is the best. Even seasoned woodcutters can't figure this out, let alone flip and dress the bar, so they woodtick along instead of developing the required finesse, but some twig to it right away.
John
It is sacreligious to take a file or grinder to a bar, rather use a palm sander on a regular basis and it will last you a long time.
If a 1.3 mil bar cuts crooked it may be so worn that a 1.5 mil chain will fit, just as a 1.5 mil worn bar may take a 1.6 mil chain.
Learning to file and abhoring dirt and abrasive matter is the best. Even seasoned woodcutters can't figure this out, let alone flip and dress the bar, so they woodtick along instead of developing the required finesse, but some twig to it right away.
John